San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-04
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.

sweet consolation, camping on the trail
Of the past and reading the Reagan
Davis love letters.
CHICAGO workmen join Milwaukee In
refusing to turn out In the presidential
| parade for glory and votes 10 1888. The
workingmen are not vetlng that ticket.
As BETWEEN the chances OF an outlet
| to Victoria and an outlet to this city,
| Goliad business naturally prefers
| the San Antonio opening, and yet Vic
toris people cannot see why.
CARDINAL GIBBONS keeps cool despite
| the bigots and McGlynn. The X. OF L..
| will not soon forget that his eminence
| alone stood between the order and ex-
| communication.
The only safe system OF education In a
| republican form Of government is state
| system. No encouragement or support
| should be given by the state to any
other. Ii others are desired let them be
| maintained purely and solely at the ex-
pense OF their patrons.
The common council of this city are
as tOuchy over any apparent criticism
or reflection upon the public service OF
this city as though that service were
actually satisfactory to the people.
They are as skittish as q thin-skinned
flly with a chestnut bur under the sad
die cloth.
JUDGE Cook discharges the business
manager OF the Galveston News, arrest
ed for violating the provisions of the
Sunday law, In Issuing his paper and
working his employees on Sunday. Cook,
as usual, passes through the clrcumlocu-
tion office.
BEANVJLLE is again in jeopardy from
law suit claiming 1863 acres under the act
authorizing the sale OF public lands IN.
der GAO acres in extent, under certain
conditions. The Beanville statesman is.
not In jeopardy. Once king, always a
king is well known law of royalty.
THE news journals of other states that
take their impressions Of Texas public
sentiment from the organs of the pro-
hibitiOn party will ride very wide from
the track Of Lone Star sentiment
Mills is solid in Texas whatever may
become OF him in Sam Randall's hands.
THOSE who look forward 10 condeu.-
nation of the condemned anarchists SEN
tence, by resolution OF the general as
sembly Of the X. OF L., are reckoning
without their host. The X. of l.. lie not
dominated by that wing of the brother
hood.
The Clevelandites are extracting
nOurishment from the Grand Army re-
lusSl to censure the veto Of the pension
bill, in much the same way that the Sell
crs family extracted nOurishment and
heat from diet of water and turnips,
while surrounding transparency stove
with :allOw dip inside.
The Louisville Courier Journal is ter
ribly exercised in its inwards because
one OF Blaine's boys is not up for Office
in some republican state. The star
eyed goddess may monkey once too
often with the Blaine name before death
comes to WattersOn's relief.
IT is the general opinion among those
best Informed on the financial situa-
ton, that the whole cry of scarcity of
money Is speculative one to induce
secretary Fairchild under fear OF a
monetary panic, to pay higher price
for government bonds than they would
otherwise bring. This is democratic
| statesmanship.
The inConseqHence of democratic logic
is seen in the paragraph which ac-
knOwledges that the Grand Army calls
for bill similar to that which Cleve-
land vetoed, and yet claims as an en-
dOrsement of Cleveland the act OF that
same Grand Army In refusing to con-
denim his veto by express resolution.
The force OF Inconsistency could go no
| farther.
DALLAS Is making great preparations
| for the state fair which will be held in
two weeks, This fair Is doing more to
advertise Dallas and all north Texas
than any other thing. This state is too
large TO be fully represented, in any one
gathering, and, as the great cattle,
horse and sheep market of the state,
san Antonio ought to organize stock
show. 1t would pay big.
The foreign contingents which have
arrived to take part in the Chicago en-.
campment and competition drill, are
dissatisfied with the barracks assigned
them. These pampered servants of
royal masters do not take kindly to our
republican simplicity. II remains to be
seen how much better than republican
soldiers they perform the manual. IL
will not be bad Lesson for them tC
learn, that republican valOr and pro-
ficiency in arms is not evoked by cost.
ly barracks and pampered attendants.
THAT bond purchase by the secretary
fruit in democratic warning that 1t viii
sink the administration beyond powe,
Of swimming next campaign. The
LIGHT some two weeks since pointed
out the increase Of the public debt and
the impetus given speculation by this
action of the treasury chief The act
will not be lost sight of by republican
writer's and speakers in that day OF des-
tiny, when the sun, which rose 80 glori.
ously for Cleveland in 1884, sets foul
years later in darkness and gloom for.
| ever.
The democratic Day OF Waco having
caused the sun OF its intelligence to
penetrate the darkness OF that Brazoris
and MatagOrda trouble in which several
negroes were shot, pronOunces the facts
by no means oredltable to the whites.
Did more democratic journals express
themselves thus honestly public senti-
meDt rebuking such outrages would soon
be created and they would cease. So
long, however, as all offences, no matter
how fragrant, II committed against COL
Ored people, are excused with tire re-
mark, che was dangerous negro" and
justified on the democratic ground OF
necessity, there will be no end to such